How much will dropping off the face of the earth for a year impact my getting into grad school? [more inside]
posted by bobdylanforever on May 8, 2008 - 14 answers

I was recently in Guatemala and I know that there and in most of Central America and many other third world countries you can't flush toilet paper because their septic systems can't handle it. What's the difference between our (More Developed Countries) septic systems and theirs (Less Developed Countries) that ours can handle it? Is it a matter of water flow, sanitation processes, etc?
posted by bobdylanforever on Feb 8, 2008 - 10 answers